Most of the time we think of game-changing ideas and products springing from labs, garages, and open-plan offices. But the roots of inspiration can be as long as a a lifetime, and creators often call ...

Probably the most famed cubist painting in the world is Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase, which now hangs in the Hollywood home of Walter Conrad Arensberg. Last week Los An-geles newshawks ...

In November, a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million. For some, Comedian, as Maurizio Cattelan’s creation was known, was a clever work of genius. David Galperin, head of contemporary art ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase (No.2),'' one of the biggest artistic bombshells of the 20 th century, is coming to the Cleveland Museum of Art as a loan from the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. Learning that his arch-rival was dead, Pablo Picasso ...

Nilufar Aqa-Ebrahimi is the translator of the book, which has been released by Elm Publications. Compiled by French art historian Michel Sanouillet and American sculptor Elmer Peterson in 1973, the ...